Loyalist Volunteer Force

The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland that existed from August 1996 to October 2005 during The Troubles. From August 1996 to May 1998, the LVF began a campaign of violence against Irish Catholics accused of supporting the Irish Republican Army, killing 18 civilians in a series of attacks. In August 1998, the LVF called off its campaign as a result of the Good Friday Agreement, and the group was involved in loyalist feuds during the 2000s and in criminal activities.